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Håkan Nesser

Born

in Kumla, Sweden

February 21, 1950

Website

http://www.nesser.se/

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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Håkan Nesser is a Swedish author and teacher who has written a number of successful crime fiction novels. He has won Best Swedish Crime Novel Award three times, and his novel Carambole won the Glass Key award in 2000. His books have been translated from Swedish into numerous languages.

Håkan Nesser was born and grew up in Kumla, and has lived most of his adult life in Uppsala. His first novel was published in 1988, but he worked as a teacher until 1998 when he became a full-time author. In August, 2006, Håkan Nesser and his wife Elke moved to Greenwich Village in New York.

Series:
* Inspector Van Veeteren
* Inspector Barbarotti
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	Mind's Eye (Inspector Van Veeteren, #1) 3.59 avg rating — 12,539 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Borkmann's Point (Inspector Van Veeteren, #2) by Håkan Nesser, Laurie Thompson (Translator) 3.72 avg rating — 9,764 ratings — published 1994 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Return (Inspector Van Veeteren, #3) by Håkan Nesser, Laurie Thompson (Translator) 3.69 avg rating — 6,681 ratings — published 1995 — 92 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Woman with Birthmark (Inspector Van Veeteren, #4) 3.80 avg rating — 5,710 ratings — published 1996 — 67 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Inspector and Silence (Inspector Van Veeteren, #5) 3.70 avg rating — 4,897 ratings — published 1997 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Människa utan hund (Inspector Barbarotti #1) 3.57 avg rating — 4,597 ratings — published 2006 — 68 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kim Novak badade aldrig i Genesarets sjö 3.58 avg rating — 3,753 ratings — published 1998 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Münsters Fall (Inspector Van Veeteren, #6) 3.67 avg rating — 3,426 ratings — published 1998 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	En helt annan historia (Barbarotti #2) 3.82 avg rating — 3,176 ratings — published 2007 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hour of the Wolf (Inspector Van Veeteren, #7) by Håkan Nesser, Laurie Thompson (Translator) 3.80 avg rating — 3,051 ratings — published 1999 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Håkan Nesser

Inspector Van Veeteren (11 books)
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3.69 avg rating — 51,932 ratings

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3.71 avg rating — 18,527 ratings

Barins triangel (3 books)
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Quotes by Håkan Nesser (?)

“You will find out who you are when the difficult moment comes.”
― Hakan Nesser, Mind's Eye

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“We are closer to the end of the world than to that minute that has just passed by, because that is lost forever.”
― Håkan Nesser, Mind's Eye

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“It's not easy being human. Especially when you are tired and overworked all the time... That's when you become inhuman.”
― Hakan Nesser, Münsters Fall

tags: sad-but-true

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The Ice Princess by Camilla Läckberg

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A Death in Sweden by Kevin Wignall

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Pen 33 by Anders Roslund

3 votes, 11.5%

Wolf Winter by Cecilia Ekbäck

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Blackwater by Kerstin Ekman

1 vote, 3.8%

The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler

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Detective Inspector Huss by Helene Tursten

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The Darkest Day by Håkan Nesser

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Roseanna by Maj Sjöwall

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